7 Non-Newtonian Fluid and Flow
The current approach in flow problems of non-Newtonian fluids is largely de-
pendent upon numerical analysis with ultrahigh performance computer. A ba-
sic computational viscoelastic fluid dynamic is found in the reference 4, and
R.G. Owens and T.N. Phillips, Computational Rheology, Imperial Col-
lege Press, London, 2002.
M.J. Crochet, A.R. Davies and K. Walters, Numerical Simulation of
Non-Newtonian Flow (3rd Edition), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.,
Amsterdam, 1991.
Rheological treatment of non-Newtonian fluids and the derivation of the
expression for the constitutive equations are well presented in
F.A. Morrison, Understanding Rheology, Oxford University Press, Inc.,
Oxford, 2001.
11.
R.I. Tanner, Engineering Rheology, Oxford University, Inc., Oxford,
(Reprinted) 1992.
12.
P.J. Carreau, D.C.R. De Kee, and R.P. Chhabra, Rheology of Polymeric
Systems, Hanser/Gardner Publications, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 1997.
13.
R.G. Larson, Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions,
Butterworths Series in Chemical Engineering, AT&T Bell Laboratories,
Inc., Murray Hill, NJ, 1988
The transport phenomena in simple flows, including the boundary layer
flows in power law fluids, are well presented in the reference 11. A few
texts of standard measurement methods and the contribution of the melt
rheology contain some useful materials on industrial applications. Three
examples are those by
14.
A.A. Collyer and D.W. Clegg, Rheological Measurement, Elsevier
Applied Science Publishers LTD, Amsterdam, 1988.
15.
J.M. Dealy and K.F. Wissbrun, Melt Rheology and Its Role in Plastics
Processing, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA (Reprinted) 1999.
16.
J.R.A. Pearson, Mechanics of Polymer Processing, Elsevier Applied
Science Publishers, LTD, Amsterdam, (Reprinted) 1986.
In particular, although not being quoted in the present text, but as one of
current topics in engineering fluid mechanics, the drag reduction of turbu-
lent flows in view of dilute polymeric substance adding is found in
17.
A. Gyr and H.W. Bewersdorff, Drag Reduction of Turbulent Flows by
Additives, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, 1995.
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